Interconnected Flanges Or Shoulders Patents (Class 403/335)
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Patent number: 8104587Abstract: An elevator car consists of a floor, side walls, a back wall and a roof which are each constructed in a modular manner from a plurality of panels and which can be held together by means of connecting elements. The floor is formed from, in total, eight floor panels. The threshold is connected with the floor panels. The side walls each consist of ten wall panels. The back wall consists of eight wall panels and the roof consists of six roof panels. On site, the elevator car can be constructed in a short assembly time by means of plug connections and with a few screw connections. The panel mode of construction enables a low-volume transport of the elevator car to the construction site directly from the punching and changing machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2005Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Inventio AGInventor: Raffaele Starace
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Publication number: 20120014745Abstract: A joint is provided which can be used in a housing for electrical components is formed by a series of extruded panels connected edge to edge. The first edge includes a slot defined by an inner wall and an outer wall and the second edge includes a blade inserted into the slot, the blade and the flexible wall including cooperating shoulders. The blade and slot are at an angle to the outer surface where a rib engages into an outer recess to seal the outer surface at the joint. A bridging member spans the joint to prevent spreading, while locking the flexible wall and carrying internal components. The housing can form a post or a receptacle on top of the post. The bridging members connect to end plates by screws extending though the plates so as to form an internal structure for the housing. Some of the connected panels can include cooling fins forming a cooling duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventor: Dean R. Rosendahl
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Patent number: 8082667Abstract: Apparatus and methods for securing a first structural member and a second structural member to one another. In one embodiment a two-piece fitting is provided. The fitting includes a variable gap between attachment surfaces, enabling the fitting to accommodate structural members of variable thickness. The fitting also includes overlapping sections that provide increased resistance to pull-off loads and impact loads. The configuration of the fitting advantageously simplifies the assembly process and preserves the integrity of the adhesive to form a strong joint.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Richard L. Kulesha
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Publication number: 20110311304Abstract: A coupling includes a first portion configured for connection to a first shaft and having a first portion flange and a second portion configured for connection to a second shaft and having a second portion flange. The coupling also includes an isolating member disposed between the first portion flange and the second portion flange and that is formed of ceramic and electrically isolates the first portion from the second portion. The coupling also includes one or more connecting members passing through the first portion flange, the second portion flange, and the isolating member and holding the first portion flange and the second portion flange in a fixed relationship to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Nicholas Simon Graham, Ronald Ralph Cairo, Thomas Joseph Farineau, William Patrick Rusch
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Publication number: 20110311305Abstract: A transfer device includes a first portion having a first portion flange and a second portion having a second portion flange. The device also includes one or more isolating members disposed at least partially within the second portion flange and at least partially between the first portion flange and the second portion flange, the one or more isolating members electrically isolating the first portion from the second portion. The device also includes a fastener passing through one of the one or more isolating members, the first portion flange and the second portion flange and holding the first portion flange and the second portion flange in a fixed relationship to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ronald Ralph Cairo, Nicholas Simon Graham
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Patent number: 8079773Abstract: A method facilitates assembling a turbine engine casing. A first casing section is positioned radially outward from a turbine engine. The first casing includes a first flange having an outer end portion, an inner end portion, and a body therebetween. At least a portion of the outer end portion has a partial frusto-conical cross-sectional profile. A second casing section including a second flange is positioned adjacent the first casing section such that a mating surface of the second flange is positioned substantially flush against a first flange mating surface. Each respective mating surface is opposite a respective load-bearing surface. A fastener is inserted through an opening in the first and second flanges to couple casing sections together such that a portion of a load-bearing surface extending over the first flange outer end portion facilitates distributing loading induced therein substantially equally across the load bearing surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Lee Alan Blanton
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Publication number: 20110233877Abstract: A fastening flange in a power tool for accommodating a tool is provided with a noncircular cross-sectional geometry which has points which rise radially and which are designed in the shape of a circle segment. A connecting line between the centers of adjacent points which are in the shape of a circle segment intersects the outer contour, wherein a tangent to the point at the transition to the connecting contour section encloses an angle with the connecting line. An associated power tool assembly is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Milan Bozic
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Publication number: 20110223035Abstract: A flange is provided including a longitudinal axis defining a first direction, a radial direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a neck extending along the first direction, a flange plate connected to the neck and including a connecting portion adapted for holding a connecting device at a connecting side, the flange plate further including a non-connecting side being at a radially different location than the connecting side; the flange including a first plane defining a first level of the neck, a second plane defining a second level, where flange plate and neck are connected, and a third plane defining a third level of the flange plate, wherein the three planes extend substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the flange; the flange includes at least at the non-connecting side a bulge, which extends from a level between the first plane and the second plane to the third plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Ingo Paura, Vajralingam Bennuri
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Patent number: 8016512Abstract: A fastener system with a coaxial annular flange (14) having through holes (16), each serving to pass a screw (17) for screwing into an associated tapped hole (16) in the wall (2) of a stationary structure. Each through hole (16) has a circularly cylindrical distal segment (16a) followed by an enlarged proximal segment (16b) adjacent to the wall (2) of the stationary structure, allowing the shank (19) of the screw to bend and enabling a corresponding lateral offset (D). This prevents the screw (17) rupturing under high shear forces due to accidental destruction of a vacuum pump rotor while rotating at full speed.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: AlcatelInventors: Rainer Mathes, Olivier Dauvillier, Eric Dulac, André Bouille, Christian Savry
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Publication number: 20110206451Abstract: The invention provides a spreader bar pipe connection sleeve for use in a spreader bar assembly. The pipe connection sleeve may include a flange having a first side and a second side, the first side may include a groove adapted for receiving an end of a first spreader pipe and the second side may include a groove adapted for receiving an end of a second spreader pipe. A first insertion part may include a distal end extending from the flange first side and may include a shoulder on the distal end, the shoulder being adapted for abutment with an inside diameter of the first spreader pipe. A second insertion part may include a distal end extending from the flange second side and a shoulder on the distal end. The shoulder may be adapted for abutment with an inside diameter of the second spreader pipe. The invention may include a fastener mechanism for securing at least one of the distal ends to one of the spreader pipes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: TANDEMLOC, INC.Inventor: John Michael Di Martino
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Patent number: 7950868Abstract: A modular crankshaft features a connection system between modules that features opposed female receptacles. A pin having opposed beveled ends and hydraulic passages with it is inserted into the opposed receptacles. A pair of seals is disposed on the beveled ends and straddles a hydraulic fluid outlet. The crankshaft wall that defines each receptacle is designed to flex in response to applied hydraulic pressure between the seals on the tapered pin portion. A notch at the base of the receptacle in the crankshaft reduces stress concentration and enables the wall defining the crankshaft receptacle to come back when hydraulic pressure through the pin is removed. The opposed crankshaft receptacles are flanged to allow them to be pulled together over the pin. An interference fit results around the pin after the flanges are mated and the hydraulic pressure is removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Cameron International CorporationInventors: Omar M. Kabir, Kent Pearl
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Publication number: 20110072737Abstract: A portable drilling rig apparatus includes a rig floor having a pedestal structure thereon, the pedestal structure comprising a lower pivot point and a lower attachment point and wherein the pedestal structure is configured to be rotated to a vertical position about the lower pivot point. The drilling rig further includes a mast structure having a mast pivot point at a lower end of the mast structure wherein the mast pivot point is configured to be pinned to an upper pivot point of the pedestal structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: INTERNATIONAL DRILLING EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLCInventor: Philip Wasterval
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Patent number: 7874759Abstract: The present invention relates to a coupling (1) for a ship propulsion system to be arranged between a first shaft section (3) and a second shaft section (5) of a propeller shaft, comprising a first radial surface (17) facing a second radial surface (19), said first and second radial surfaces (17, 19) are transversal to the axial extension of the first and second shaft section (3, 5), wherein said first and second radial surfaces (17, 19) are connectable into an axially engaged condition and disconnectable into an axially disengaged condition, wherein said first and second radial surfaces (17, 19) are rotationally secured relative to each other in said axially engaged condition by means of at least one shear-carrying element (27) seated in opposite recesses (23, 25) arranged in the first radial surface (17) and the second radial surface (19), respectively, taking up shear forces directed substantially parallel to said first and second radial surfaces (17, 19), each of said opposite recesses (23, 25) comprisesType: GrantFiled: October 26, 2004Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Marinvest Engineering ABInventor: Bo Bengtsson
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Publication number: 20100301178Abstract: This invention allows attachment of strut channels 2, pipes, conduit, and mounting of equipment to the interior of buildings and other structures. Attachment to structures such as I-Beams, channels, structural angles, purlins and truss structures are improved. Extended use of self tapping screws 28 and commonly used metal strapping are enabled. The use of dimpled holes 7 facilitate insertion of self tapping screws 28 thus expanding their function. Tab cut outs 6 in attachment hardware that allow strapping to pass and hook provide new and efficient methods for using standard strapping. New mounting hardware in combination with beam clamps, another invention of mine, use the beam clamps along with appropriate accessories, which are part of that invention, to provide new methods of attachment. Strut channels 2 are changed to integrate the use of these improvements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventor: Philip Allen Myers
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Patent number: 7827737Abstract: A plaster collar assembly having a first ring, a second ring secured to the first ring, and a mechanism arranged at an outer periphery of at least one of the rings for axially displacing the first and second rings during rotation of the secured rings relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: David Jude Ziobro, Vergenia Chanlel Whiting, Jeff Edward Underwood, James B. Lee
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Patent number: 7805910Abstract: A device 60 for fixing together first and second side-by-side beams of a kind having first and second spaced apart flanges connected by a web. The device 60 comprises a member 62 having first and second opposing ends 64, 66 and is configured to extend from a first flange to a second flange of the beams. The device further comprises at least one portion 68, 70 extending laterally of each of said first and second opposing ends with the at least one portion at the first opposing end being configured to be fixed to an outer surface of the first flange of the first beam and the at least one portion at the second opposing end being configured to be fixed to an outer surface of the second flange of the second beam.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Illinois Tool Works IncInventors: Luke Richard John Whale, Douglas Wilson Cullen
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Patent number: 7798788Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of high rotation speed vacuum pumps, which are fastened to and connected to a structure such as a vacuum enclosure or a pipe to generate a hard vacuum. It consists in an annular fixing flange including holes cooperating with headed bolts to fasten a vacuum pump to a structure. The flange comprises an upper ring and a lower ring cooperating to clamp the end of the pump body between the upper ring and the lower ring, and at least one first cavity in a face of the upper ring that is in a plane perpendicular to that of the face of the upper ring intended to come into contact with the wall of the structure. The invention also consists in a fixing system comprising an annular flange disposed coaxially with the pump body around the inlet orifice of the pump.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: AlcatelInventors: Nicolas Varennes, Olivier Dauvillier
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Publication number: 20100189492Abstract: A system for assembling a piece of furniture that includes at least two furniture panel labels affixed to at least two furniture panels. The system also has identifying indicia on each label, the identifying indicia including a designation which identifies the panel to which it is affixed. There is at least one directional indicia on each label, the directional indicia includes a designation which identifies the panel intended to be adjacent to the panel on which the directional indicia are placed. The directional indicia also indicate the relative directional position of the adjacent panel for assembly of the piece of furniture.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: Bush Industries, Inc.Inventor: John M. Green
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Patent number: 7762758Abstract: A directional bushing is provided for a pinned joint of an articulated structure such as a front end loader used with a work vehicle. The bushing has an annular ring portion and an oblong flange portion. The flange portion extends angularly outward from one side of the ring portion so as to form a wider rounded end. The flange portion is thicker at the area adjacent to the ring portion so as to provide additional support to the ring portion under load, and tapers to a more thin profile at the rounded end. The bushing is surface welded to the structure at the pinned joint with the flange portion oriented in the direction of the greatest load when the structure is articulated, so that the load is more evenly distributed over a wider area, thereby preventing weld failure.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Peter Sutherland Sharpe, Scott Robert Jamieson
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Publication number: 20100129146Abstract: A two-piece connector for connecting two pieces of corrugated material. A first connector piece configured to connect to a first piece of corrugated material includes a flange connected to a first connecting mechanism. A second connector piece configured to connect to a second piece of corrugated material includes a second connecting mechanism configured to cooperate with the first connecting mechanism of the first connector piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: MENASHA CORPORATIONInventor: Christopher Norman
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Patent number: 7721476Abstract: A breakaway sign support system that is useful for supporting ground mounted signs located within zones that are vulnerable to vehicular impacts. A bracket assembly containing a combination of mounting plates and reinforcement plates bolted together is used to attach a sign post to a sign stub. The sign support system can be fabricated in the field without having to send measurements to a fabricator. The bracket assembly keeps the sign post stable but also allows for a clean break away upon impact.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Centerline Supply, Ltd.Inventors: Jeff Tumlinson, Foy Barrett
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Patent number: 7694476Abstract: An apparatus for inline base termination of a monopole structure includes an upper base plate configured to be joined to a bottom end of a monopole, a lower base plate including a plurality of bolt holes, and a plurality of web plates connecting the upper and lower base plates, such that a virtual projection of the monopole through the lower base plate intersects the plurality of bolt holes. Another inline base termination apparatus includes a hollow monopole with outer shell, a base plate having a plurality of bolt holes formed therein in a circular pattern and evenly circumferentially spaced, and a plurality of web plates, each of which has a longitudinal slot configured to receive the monopole and is joined to the base plate between two adjacent bolt holes, such that a virtual projection of the hollow monopole through the base plate intersects the plurality of bolt holes.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Structural Components LLCInventors: Bradley J. Cook, Dan J. Welch
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Patent number: 7596921Abstract: A stud spacer for use in a wall structure. The stud spacer includes a pair of opposed projections. The respective projections of the stud spacer interconnect with similar projections from adjacent stud spacers to form an interconnected series of stud spacers that extend through the studs that comprise the wall structure. When connected, each projection extends through an opening in an adjacent projection and a locking surface or locking tab associated with one projection seats in or against a stop or seat formed in the other projection.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2003Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: The Steel Network, Inc.Inventors: Edward R. diGirolamo, Michael Torres, Thomas Trestain
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Patent number: 7571570Abstract: A plaster collar assembly having a first ring, a second ring secured to the first ring, and a mechanism arranged at an outer periphery of at least one of the rings for axially displacing the first and second rings during rotation of the secured rings relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2004Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventors: David Jude Ziobro, Vergenia Chantel Whiting, Jeff Edward Underwood, James B. Lee
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Patent number: 7530757Abstract: A rotor coupling having insulated structure which can assuredly prevent galvanic corrosion of beating members, rotors and the like which is caused by shaft voltage, is provided in a shaft system that requires insulation. A generator is disposed in between a steam turbine and a gas turbine or a rotating machinery such as another steam turbine. The rotor coupling having insulated structure is employed in power generating equipment in which a generator is disposed in between a steam turbine and a gas turbine or a rotating machinery such as another steam turbine, a generator rotor and a rotating machinery rotor are connected, a first grounding electrode is provided to the steam turbine rotor, and a second grounding electrode is provided to the generator rotor, wherein both the rotors between the generator and the steam turbine are connected in an electrically insulated state.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2002Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Toda, Haruo Ishisaka, Yoshiyuki Morii
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Patent number: 7509956Abstract: Provided is a device for attachment to tubular connections that serves to ensure the securing of the connection and the avoidance of inadvertent disconnections. Also provided is an endotracheal tube having a releasable locking device component that serves to ensure security of the connection of the endotracheal tube to a breathing system. Also provided is a breathing system having a releasable locking device component that when employed ensures the security of the connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2004Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Inventor: John F. Dombrowski
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Publication number: 20090060645Abstract: Provided is a fixing structure of a track rail, which is capable of fixing the track rail to a base portion without using a fixing bolt, in a case of fixing a guiding apparatus composed of the track rail and a slider to the base portion, and particularly suitable for an extremely small-sized guiding apparatus in which it is difficult to process a tap hole. A structure for fixing a track rail (1) of a guiding apparatus to a base portion (6) includes: a filling hole (11) penetrating through the track rail (1) toward the base portion (6); an anchor hole (61) communicating with the filling hole (11) and formed in the base portion (6); and a coupling anchor (7) filled to the filling hole (11) of the track rail (1) and the anchor hole (61) of the base portion (6), followed by curing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2006Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: THK CO., LTD.Inventor: Tomoyuki Aida
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Publication number: 20090052981Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a tubular structure having a passageway and comprising a fiber reinforced plastic material, and then attaching a flange structure comprising an aperture coupled to the tubular structure using an attachment element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: ATS Products, Inc.Inventors: Ray Wellman, Doug Williams
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Publication number: 20080223987Abstract: A rib element for aircraft and a composite flange for use in aircraft. The rib element (24) and the composite flange (14), manufactured from a composite material, comprise at least two elongated flanges (15, 16, 26) interconnected with one another in a corner (17) provided with a rounded inner corner (18) and a rounded outer corner (19). The corner is reinforced by at least one reinforcing component (20) which covers at least a part of the inner corner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Lauri Halme, Juha Halme
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Patent number: 7410206Abstract: In a joining structure, a protruding portion on the side of a first component is a hollow body that prevents bringing about sinking, deforming, and cracking of the side surface of the first component part, even in the event that the protruding portion is enlarged in order to increase strength for connecting the first component part and a second component part. In addition, the connecting groove on the side of the second component part is also defined by a hollow body that includes a pair of supporting ribs and a supporting plate bridging the pair of supporting ribs. Consequently, the hollow body can prevent defects of sinking, deforming, and cracking in the side surface of the second component part, even in the event that the supporting ribs and the supporting plate are increased in thickness in order to enhance the rigidity of the coupling arrangement between the first and second component parts.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Moriroku Company, Ltd.Inventor: Manabu Koarai
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Patent number: 7374137Abstract: A directional support structure for use with solar panels, flat satellite antennas, and the like items that are directed toward a point in space. The support structure includes a mounting plate with an extension tube extending outwardly therefrom, pivotally secured to a mounting bracket permitting rotational azimuth alignment of the mounting plate. At least one locking turnbuckle is attached between the extension tube and the mounting bracket to provide locking and vertical adjustable alignment of the mounting plate. The base member includes an attached first flange positioned along an upper end of the base member, an attached flaring positioned on the lower end of the mounting bracket, and an unattached second flange positioned over the flaring, securable to the first flange with fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2006Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Inventor: Wayne Staney
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Patent number: 7278799Abstract: A hub for removable mounting onto a shaft uses a locking ring having an inner diameter that surrounds the shaft and frictionally engages the shaft to fix the locking ring against the shaft axially and rotationally, a first annular hub component that is mounted to the locking ring, and a second annular hub component that is mounted to the first annular hub component.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: SPX CorporationInventors: Sean Grape, Anthony C. Kocienski
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Patent number: 7246966Abstract: A joint assembly comprises a hollow extrusion member of an asymmetrical hexagonal section and a flange casting comprising a base flange and several webs including a top web and upper side webs which have joint faces presented to corresponding joint areas on the outside of the extrusion while a bottom web and lower side webs have joint faces which are presented to corresponding joint areas on the inside of the extrusion. To assemble the joint assembly an adhesive is applied to the joint faces and the extrusion aligned with the flange casting but offset vertically. The extrusion is then moved longitudinally towards the flange casting to the full extent permitted by abutment of an extrusion end face with steps to bring the joint faces into overlapping alignment with the corresponding joint areas on the extrusion, there being a substantial clearance due to the vertical offset so that the adhesive on the joint faces does not contact the joint areas on the extrusion at this stage.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2004Date of Patent: July 24, 2007Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Peter Jolley
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Patent number: 7156575Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaft-hub connection having an attachment flange and a clamping element, particularly a clamping ring, attachable thereto, by means of which the shaft end assigned to the attachment flange may be friction-locked to the attachment flange, with an interposed bushing which receives a slip torque. The present invention is based on the object of refining a device of the type initially cited in such a way that the lifetime of the attached components in the drivetrain is increased. This object is achieved according to the present invention in that the bushing is designed in multiple parts in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2003Date of Patent: January 2, 2007Assignee: Atec-Weiss GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rudolf Weiss, Patrice Millet, Rudolf Scheithauer
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Patent number: 7134410Abstract: Disclosed is a simple, easy-to-produce, and reliable connection between a shaft of a gas exchange valve and an actuator. This connection is detachable and, as a result, can be connected and disconnected multiple times. It is also possible to dispose the coupling piece on the shaft of the gas exchange valve and provide circumferential grooves on the control element of the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2002Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hermann Gaessler, Udo Diehl, Karsten Mischker, Rainer Walter, Andreas Baumann, Gerhard Filp, Bernd Rosenau, Juergen Ulm, Thomas Mocken, Sevan Tatiyosyan, Juergen Schiemann, Christian Grosse, Georg Mallebrein, Volker Beuche, Stefan Reimer, Simon Kieser
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Patent number: 7121758Abstract: A joint assembly 80 is provided for limiting an extension of the joint 80 in the direction of a load path derived from an impact comprising. In its simplest form, the joint 80 comprises a first member 40 having a portion 82 and a second member 50 having a portion 84, the portions 82, 84 overlapping one another and arranged generally parallel to one another and secured together via securing means 78. The securing means 78 is disposed through corresponding holes 92, 94 defined by portions 82 and 84. At least one of the overlapping portions 82 or 84 further defines, sequentially in the direction of extension a pocket 102. The securing means 78 comprises a deformable member 152, 178 and at least one of the overlapping portions 82, 84 comprises a wedge-shaped portion 74.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2004Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Rolls-Royce plcInventors: Alison J McMillan, Kevin A White
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Patent number: 7104719Abstract: In a peripheral connecting region of two sheets including two overlapping flanges of the sheets, the sheets are connected to each other such that they cannot be displaced relative to each other. In order to be able to connect high-strength sheets or other sheets which can be difficult to weld to each other, the sheets are connected in the connecting region by a strip-shaped fastening element. The strip-shaped fastening element encloses the outer contour of the flanges and rests with some sections of its inner side on mutually remote surfaces of the two flanges. A method for producing the connecting region is also proposed.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2003Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Wolfgang Fussnegger, Matthias Scheffzuek
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Patent number: 7059568Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fastening an in-fill panel element to a plane panel element of a covering for an aircraft, the in-fill panel element and the panel element being releasably interconnected at longitudinal sides facing each other, a transverse pin being arranged at least in the end portion of a longitudinal side so that a hook element arranged in the corresponding end portion of the other longitudinal side is able to clampingly engage with a hook opening, in such a manner that a covering surface of the in-fill panel element is arranged so as to be even with a covering surface of the panel element.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Goodrich Hella Aerospace Lighting Systems GmbHInventors: André Hessling, Bodo Wisch
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Patent number: 7037065Abstract: An arrangement for cooling or heating of a flange bolt for turbines comprises one or more boreholes, that extend through the bolt, and inlet and outlet pipes that are connected to each end of the borehole. A cooling or heating medium such as air, steam or any other fluid flows through an inlet pipe into and through the borehole thereby cooling or heating the bolt, and exits from the borehole via an outlet pipe. The cooling or heating arrangement enables direct cooling or heating of the bolt itself and ensures stable bolting forces throughout the operation of the turbine. The flange bolts with this arrangement may be applied to gas turbines or steam turbines operated at elevated steam temperatures and pressures.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2002Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Alstom Technology LTDInventor: Martin Reigl
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Patent number: 6997496Abstract: A releasable connection is provided between two adjoining components, particularly body shell parts of a vehicle body. A releasable connection ensuring an exact positioning of the two parts as well as a fast and simple mounting is provided. The releasable connection includes at least one base plate which is held in position on a first body shell component and has at least one projecting pin. A receiving device is fastened to an opposite second body shell component and has a rotatable slotted sleeve part. An end-side profiled head section of the at least one pin is guidable through openings of the second component, of the receiving device and of the sleeve part. As a result of radial rotation of the sleeve part about an angle ?, a fastening of the first and second body shell components with respect to one another takes place.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2003Date of Patent: February 14, 2006Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventor: Dimitar Danev
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Patent number: 6974276Abstract: A connecting part for attachment on a mounting rail has a fastening part with an at least approximately rectangular cross-section. The fastening part has legs and surrounds when mounted a mounting rail on all sides by having a matching cross-section formed by the legs. The fastening part has clamping devices for effecting a clamping fixation of the connecting part on the mounting rail. A cross-sectional plane of the fastening part has two diagonally opposed corners and the clamping devices are arranged on the two diagonally opposed corners, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Halfen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Georg Kirchner, Michael Binna, Beate Görtz, Andreas Hanke, Renate Neumann
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Patent number: 6899488Abstract: A fastening system has a mounting plate of substantially greater area than a flange of a part being attached to a hardened plate. This mounting plate is sandwiched between the flange and an outer face of the hardened plate and has an outer periphery spaced well outward of the flange. A plurality of nuts bear on an inner face of the hardened plate in line with the flange. Respective bolts extend through the flange, mounting plate, and hardened plate into the nuts and press the flange and mounting plate against the outer face of the hardened plate. A weld at the outer periphery secures the mounting plate to the hardened plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2003Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Steyr-Daimler-Puch Specialfahrzeug AG & Co. KGInventors: Bernhard Geringer, Hubert Höfer
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Patent number: 6857808Abstract: The present invention provides a joining structure capable of greatly improving the proof stress and the fatigue property by alleviating the stress concentration and residual stress caused by welding heat at one or both ends of a tabular member. In the present invention, one or both ends 4 of a tabular member 3 such as a reinforcing rib, fixed to the surface of a structural member 1 in the direction of the principal stress of the structural member 1 so as to protrude in the shape of T, is/are bent in a direction deviating from the direction of the principal stress and, by this, the rigidity at the end(s) 4 of the tabular member 3 decreases and the stress concentration is alleviated. It is preferable to bend one or both ends of a tabular member 3 in the shape of an gradual curve and to the extent that each bent end is formed at a right angle to the direction of the principal stress. The tabular member may have the shape of a flat plate, or it may be bent so that it has the shape of U or V as a whole.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2000Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Yoshimoto Pole Co., Ltd., Inaba Electric WorkInventors: Masakazu Sugimoto, Masayuki Okimoto, Tetsumi Kondo, Shiro Kita, Masafumi Higasa
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Patent number: 6748820Abstract: A terminal assembly for connecting a core member of a remote control cable assembly to a control member includes a housing, an isolator secured to the housing with a snap-fit connection and having a deflectable wall at least partially forming a passage for receiving the control member, an adjuster movable between an installed position wherein the adjuster prevents outward deflection of the wall away from the passage and an uninstalled position wherein the wall is free to outwardly deflect away from the passage. The adjuster is secured to the isolator with a snap-fit connection in the installed position. The isolator includes a flange within the passage which is adapted to cooperate with the control member to secure the control member to the isolator when the adjuster is in the installed position.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2001Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: Dura Global Technologies,Inc.Inventor: Gregory Phillip Ruhlander
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Patent number: 6681538Abstract: The present invention is a pin-fuse joint generally utilized in a beam-to-column joint assembly subject to extreme seismic loading. The pin-fuse joint resists bending moments and shears generated by these loads. The joint is comprised of standard structural steel building materials, but may be applied to structures comprised of structural steel, reinforced concrete, and or composite materials, e.g., a combination of structural steel and reinforced concrete. The beam-to-column assembly is comprised of a column and a beam and a plate assembly that extends between the column and the beam. The plate assembly is welded to the column and is attached to the beam via the pin-fuse joint. The pin fuse joint is created by a pin connection through the beam and the connection plates of the plate assembly at the web of the beam. Additionally, both the plate assembly and the beam have curved flange end connectors that sit flush against one another separated only by a brass shim when the beam and plate assembly are joined.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2002Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLPInventor: Mark P. Sarkisian
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Patent number: 6662568Abstract: The present invention provides a hollow structure with at least one flange which can eliminate the possibility of creating crackings due to the thermal fatigue, thereby improving the durability thereof. A hollow structure with an flange according to the present invention includes at least one annular flange fixedly attached around the hollow structure which has a temperature gradient in the direction of the thickness of the wall thereof, wherein said at least one annular flange including an outer portion formed of a metal material having a coefficient of linear expansion greater than that of the metal material forming another portion of said at least one annular flange.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2003Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsuru Kondo, Hironobu Hakoda, Yukihiro Hashimoto, Katsunori Tanaka, Sousuke Nakamura
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Publication number: 20030228188Abstract: A dual shaft and rotating machine coupling has a first rotatable shaft, a second rotatable shaft and a rotating machine rotor coupling. The first rotatable shaft has a first shaft connecting flange radially extending outwardly therefrom. The second rotatable shaft is axially aligned with the first rotatable shaft and has a second shaft connecting flange radially extending outwardly therefrom. The second shaft connecting flange is spaced from the first shaft connecting flange. The rotating machine rotor coupling has a rotor spider and a rotor connecting flange radially extending inwardly from the spider securely sandwiched between and in abutting relation with the first and second shaft connecting flanges.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2003Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicant: General Electric Canada Inc.Inventors: Michael Walter White, Peter Truman
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Patent number: 6648619Abstract: A vacuum pump, in particular for brake booster systems in motor vehicles, with a drivable rotor via which a blade in a housing can be set in rotation is proposed. The vacuum pump is distinguished by the fact that the rotor consists of plastic and is formed as one piece.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2003Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Luk, Automobiletechnik, GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Dieter Otto
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Patent number: 6629521Abstract: An outboard motor includes a sensor assembly having a housing with a sensor chamber, a sensor having a sensor element exposed to the sensor chamber, and a sleeve disposed in a passage extending from a combustion chamber of the outboard motor to the sensor chamber. The sleeve can have three flanges supporting the sleeve within the passage. Additionally, the sleeve can have an extension so as to allow the overall length of the sleeve to be varied in accordance with the desired resonance frequency of the sensor chamber. An engine of the outboard motor can also include a control system configured to control an air/fuel ratio of fuel charges delivered to a combustion chamber within the engine based on an output of the combustion condition sensor when the engine is in a first operational state and to control the air/fuel ratio, irrespective of the output of the combustion condition sensor, when the engine is in the second operational state.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2000Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Assignee: Yamaha Marine Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masahiko Kato
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Patent number: 6604375Abstract: A one-unit type air conditioner is provided. The one-unit type air conditioner includes a cabinet defining the appearance of the air conditioner, a partition wall dividing the interior of the cabinet into indoor and outdoor sections, and a fan casing and an evaporator support frame installed in the cabinet in the indoor section of the partition wall. The partition wall includes a plate part transversely arranged in the interior of the cabinet to partition the interior into the indoor and outdoor sections, and a frame support part formed by cutting a part of the plate part to form a piece having a predetermined size and bending the piece toward the indoor section. The frame support part is spaced at a base thereof apart from the edge of the plate part by a predetermined distance and includes a margin disposed between the base of the frame support part and the edge of the plate part. The margin is bent toward the outdoor section to form a reinforcing flange for increasing the strength of the frame support part.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jae-Soon Kim